Inkpen Common SSSI

LocationBerkshire

Grid referenceSU 381 641^[1]

Coordinates51°22′30″N 1°27′14″W / 51.375°N 1.454°W / 51.375; -1.454

InterestBiological

Inkpen Common

Site of Special Scientific Interest
Location within Berkshire
Location	Berkshire
Grid reference	SU 381 641[1]
Coordinates	51°22′30″N 1°27′14″W / 51.375°N 1.454°W / 51.375; -1.454
Interest	Biological
Area	12.8 hectares (32 acres)[1]
Notification	1983[1]
Location map	Magic Map

Inkpen Common or Inkpen Great Common is a 12.8-hectare (32-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest east of Inkpen in Berkshire.^[1][2] It is managed as a nature reserve by the Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire Wildlife Trust.^[3]

This is a surviving fragment of the former Inkpen Common is located between the hamlets of Hell Corner and Inkpen Common. It is mainly damp heathland, with small areas of marsh, woods and bracken. Flora on the heath include purple moor grass, common gorse, lousewort, lesser dodder and the only surviving colony in Berkshire of pale heath violet.^[4]